Elizabeth Holt Gorrell

May 28, 2004

HAMPTON — Elizabeth "Lib" Holt Gorrell, 83, widow of James Hendrix Gorrell, died Wednesday, May 26, 2004. A native of Kernersville, N.C., she was a Peninsula resident since 1941.

Mrs. Gorrell was a member of Second Presbyterian Church where she was a longtime Sunday school teacher. She received an Honorary Life Membership of the Presbyterian Women in 1993. She was a former member of the Newport News Woman's Club.

Survivors include her daughter, Sarah Henderson of Richmond; two sons, James Hendrix Gorrell Jr. of Beaver Creek, Ohio, and William Stephen Gorrell of Mechanicsville; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at Peninsula Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday, May 29, at the funeral home with the Rev. George Murray officiating. Interment will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park.